REVEALED: Which supermarket is really the cheapest to do your Christmas shop at

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Published:08:00Sunday 22 November 2015

The cost of making a traditional Christmas meal for eight people has come down this year.

The Good Housekeeping Institute researched prices across the main supermarket chains and concluded that consumers can buy the 11 key ingredients for a traditional Christmas feast for as little as £20.26.

Iceland come out the cheapest for the Christmas meal shop

That figure works out at 4.9 per cent cheaper than last year’s. The figure was reached by ‘shopping around’, rather than buying everything in one store. The cheapest turkey came from Lidl, at just £8.99 for a bird weighing between 2.8 and four kilograms. Morrisions are cheapest for potatoes and Sainsbury’s had the best deal on mince pies.

“While there’s a big variation in price on key items like Christmas pud and turkey, you can get the basics, like carrots and parsnips, pretty cheaply at most.”

Shoppers who prefer to do all their shopping in one store, would get the best price if they shop at Iceland. The cost of the full Christmas shop there came in at £24.81, compared with the most expensive, Waitrose, where the shop cost £47.84.